Picnic (album)

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Picnic
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 29, 1997
Genre Folk, country
Length44:10
Label Arista
Producer John Keane [1]
Robert Earl Keen chronology
No. 2 Live Dinner
(1996)
Picnic
(1997)
Walking Distance
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [3]

Picnic is an album by the Texas-based folk singer-songwriter Robert Earl Keen, released in 1997. [4] [5] It was his first album for Arista Records. [6] The album is dedicated to Townes Van Zandt. [7]

Contents

Critical reception

Entertainment Weekly wrote that "Keen’s vivid scenarios in Picnic pack more punch than the usual Austin twang and bang." [3]

Track listing

All tracks written by Robert Earl Keen, except where noted

  1. "Undone" – 3:47
  2. "Over the Waterfall" – 4:30
  3. "Levelland" (James McMurtry) – 5:11
  4. "I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight" – 4:08
  5. "Oh Rosie" – 5:23
  6. "Runnin' with the Night" – 4:15
  7. "The Coming Home of the Son and Brother" (J. D. Hutchison) – 3:53
  8. "Shades of Gray" – 5:07
  9. "Fourth of July" (Dave Alvin) – 3:59
  10. "Then Came Lo Mein" – 3:57

Personnel

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References

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